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Private WALTER PURTON

Service Number: 19159
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

IV. C. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Purton, of High St., Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Herts.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2280
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